Section 49-43 - Certified copies of bonds and contracts for public works.

CT Gen Stat § 49-43 (2019) (N/A)

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Each agency of the state or of any subdivision thereof, in charge of the construction, alteration or repair of any public building or public work of the state or of any subdivision thereof, shall furnish, to any person making application therefor who submits an affidavit that he has supplied labor or materials for the work and payment therefor has not been made or that he is being sued on the bond, a copy of the bond and the contract for which it was given, certified by the administrative head of the agency, which copy shall be prima facie evidence of the contents, execution and delivery of the original. Applicants shall pay for those certified copies such fees as are provided in section 1-212.

(1949 Rev., S. 7216; 1959, P.A. 57; 1969, P.A. 192, S. 2; P.A. 79-602, S. 101.)

History: 1959 act transferred duties formerly held by attorney general under provisions of section to agencies of state or its subdivisions and their administrative heads and required payment of fees as provided in Sec. 1-15 where previously fees were fixed by attorney general; 1969 act deleted provision specifying that certified statements of date when final settlement made is “conclusive as to such date” and subsequent reference to fee charged for such certified statements; P.A. 79-602 substituted “the” or “those” for “such” where appearing.

Duties of Attorney General are purely ministerial in character. 143 C. 85. Purpose of statute discussed. 159 C. 563. Cited. 239 C. 708.

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